Interests meme

[triadruid]

Cattle-raided from fionnabhar:

1. Pick one thing from my interests list that you like, and explain why.

2. Pick one thing from my interests list that you don't like, and explain why.

3. Pick one thing from my interests list that surprises you, and explain why.

4. Pick one thing from my interests list that you don't understand, and I'll tell you about it.

5. Tell me one thing that's not on my interests list that should be.

Comments

I'll have a whack at it.

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

1. Apart from the obvious, I'll go with cheese, one of the best foods ever.

2. Tattoos. Just not into this phenomenon.

3. So many TV-related interests. Doesn't seem like you from what I know so far, which arguably isn't a vast amount.

4. john woo with doves. Plus, you're the only LJ user with this one.

5. Not sure, obviously (see #3), but with all the SCA/medieval stuff, I don't see any Renaissance Fair interests.

[agrnmn.livejournal.com]

1. All the sex stuff...go figure.
2. kemetic unorthodox rat screw - not sure exactly why, I like games even one that aren't about winning despite my competitive nature, but this game just holds no interest whatsoever for me.
3. I guess the TV bits are as close to surprised as I get, but seeing as how we are related and all not much surprises me (and, don't tell anyone but I like TV too.)
4. anti-determinism
5. some obscure mathematical thingie

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

1. kilts! Seriously, do I have to explain why? Kilts = men in skirts = easy access.

2. Daniel Quinn. I hate to admit it in this crowd, but although I find Mr. Quinn to be exceedingly interesting and I am glad that I read his stuff, I find many of his theories to contain the ring of insufferable bullshit. Some good ideas, a lot of things that do need to be thought about, weak on the interpretation.

3. Marksmanship surprised me. I don't know why.

4. N/A - I understand the list.

5. Hrm... how about "voluptuous egotistical leos"? No? Maybe "statistical geekery", or "hiking with dogs"?

Stealing this.

[reeling.livejournal.com]

1. ethical sluts - The only way to be a slut!
2. tv:the x-files - I hate this show because it terrifies me. :(
3. Nothing really surprised me.
4. kemetic unorthodox rat screws - NO idea what this means.
5. I don't think I know you well enough to suggest an interest.

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

1. played-with hair... ummmm, lost me for a minute there.

2. gaelic. As much as I like the celts and their history, culture, etc. I hate their language.

3. expecting the unexpected. Doesn't sound like the good cordian druid...

4. Daniel Quinn. clueless here

5. I'm with agrnmn, there should be some incomprehensible math stuff on there.

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

Cha toil leathase Gaidhlig!

Re: I'll have a whack at it.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

1. Mmmmm cheese. I could probably make about 30 interests just for cheeses alone, if I was so inclined!

3. I'm not TV-based, really. But at one point I thought it only fair to warn people what I liked to watch, and those were the shows that came to mind (that's also why I grouped them, and finished with tv:turned off! A few could probably fall off now..

4. Actually, it's supposed to be "John Woo without doves". I like John Woo movies, sometimes, but the thing with the doves, where he incldes white doves flying through in slo-mo at some crucial firefight sequence, really gets annoying...other than that, and Mission Impossible II, I like him.

5. Hmmm, well I've never done Renn. Faires (as more than a playtron, anyway). I did really enjoy the Medieval Faire down in Norman, OK, and that's not far off different...but mainly I like it "the older the better". :)

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

1. I am shocked, sir.

2. Well, okay, I am shocked at this one. But you don't have to play...you can just watch!

3. See above.

4. This fed into a discussion I had with featherynscale a long whole back, about not liking the idea of being a slave to causality. Hence, anti-determinism, or choosing to believe that "there is no fate but what we make".

5. Yeah, but which one? See the answer above about cheese...

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

2. As previously mentioned (I think), I need to reread him. azanthia got me started on him years ago when we met, and I've slept several times since then.

3. One word: crossbows. Two words: sniper rifles. Three words: Why not excellence?

5. Hmmm, something about viking with dogs, maybe...

Re: Stealing this.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

1. Well, not the only way, but the only *good* way...

3. Wow...am I that predictable?

4. Hehe. Unfortunately you're a little far away to have ever played this with us, but it's a card game kittenpants and I made up at General Assembly last summer, and it's spread virally ever since. It won't make as much sense without seeing it in person (it's a little like Egyptian Rat Screw, but played with a tarot deck), but you can find the rules here.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

2. I don't know why...

3. That phrase has stuck with me since Extended Learning in like 6th grade. For me, it's not so much the willingness to explore the unexpected that's important, as it is being able to deal with it when it arises. Versatile, not necessarily flexible.

4. Daniel Quinn is an author, who wrote several books in the 90s about culture and society. Ishmael is one of the famous ones, as is The Story of B (which I haven't read yet). Essentially, they're about rejecting the Protestant-work-ethic, consumer-capitalism, hoard-and-deficit-spend dominant culture in favor of something that is supposed to be more tribal, sustainable, natural. As mentioned above, there may or may not be 100% facts behind his stuff, but it IS thought-provoking. You are welcome to borrow Ishmael at some point if you like.

deal!

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

It sounds intruiging, but I'd prefer reading the Faery Smut first.